Engineering:ERC32

ERC32

General Info
Designed by	Sun Microsystems(original design, no involvement) Temic
Architecture and classification
Instruction set	SPARC V7
History
Successor	LEON

ERC32 is a radiation-tolerant 32-bit RISC processor (SPARC V7 specification) developed for space applications. It was developed by Temic, which was later acquired by Atmel and then Microchip.

It is used in the DMS-R (Data Management System - Russian) computer of the Russian Orbital Segment to handle guidance, navigation and control, onboard systems and subsystems control for the entire International Space Station, and other critical tasks.

Versions

Two versions have been manufactured:

• ERC32 Chip Set (Part Names: TSC691, TSC692, TSC693)
• ERC32 Single Chip (Part Name: TSC695)

Support

Support for the chip set version of the ERC32 has been discontinued.

See also

• LEON

External links

• ERC32 Page at ESA Microelectronic
• ERC32 Documentation
• TSC695 page on Atmel/Microchip Website
• GNU/Linux SPARC-HOWTO